Malaysia vs Senegal: Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight
Malaysia
15.3%
in 2022
Senegal
16.2%
in 2023
Malaysia rank
29th
Senegal rank
26th
Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight over time
- Malaysia
- Senegal
How they compare
Senegal currently reports 16.2% against 15.3% in Malaysia, a difference of 0.9%.
That makes Senegal's figure about 1.1 times Malaysia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Malaysia ahead.
Malaysia ranks 29th and Senegal ranks 26th of 96 countries.
Across the 2 decades both report, Malaysia averaged higher in 1 and Senegal in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malaysia | Senegal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 21.8% | 19.7% | 2.1% | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 13.7% | 14.1% | 0.4% | Senegal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher malnutrition: share of children who are underweight, Malaysia or Senegal?
- Senegal, at 16.2% against 15.3% in Malaysia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in malnutrition: share of children who are underweight between Malaysia and Senegal?
- 0.9%, with Senegal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Senegal?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2019.
- How do Malaysia and Senegal rank globally for malnutrition: share of children who are underweight?
- Malaysia ranks 29th and Senegal ranks 26th of 96 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME) - UNICEF, WHO, and World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The share of children younger than five years old whose weight for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population for ages 0-59 months.